Silvia glared at him. Who was his lover?!Didn’t they just have sex last night? But she did not promise him anything. In today’s society, having sex did not mean that one was bound for life.The group returned to Detroit after lunch. Silvia felt relieved after seeing the Browns off. She just wanted to return to her job immediately, but most importantly, she did not have to continue forcing herself to deal with a certain someone. Yes, it was awkward. It was really awkward for her. In fact, she was not ready to accept Ryan again, but she did not plan for what happened between them last night, so she felt embarrassed. Moreover, she felt even more embarrassed when she thought of how her original intention in agreeing to act as his wife at this time was to make him stop pestering her in the future, but they seemed to be even more entangled now. When she and Ryan left the airport to go to the parking lot, Ryan reached out to hold Silvia’s hand, but she instinctively retracted her h
Silvia walked around to the other side of the car, then got into the passenger seat. As soon as she got into the car and sat down, he said coldly, “Don’t you treat me as your friend with benefits? You dare to get into the car with your friend with benefits?”Silvia was speechless and glared at him. Ryan met her gaze, “It’s not impossible for us to be friends with benefits, but I think you should also know better after all these years. So, you’d better move back to Detroit for me!”Ryan said this through clenched teeth out of a moment of anger. He was furious when he thought of how she mentioned that they were just friends with benefits. What he said was vulgar and explicit, and it made Silvia angry and annoyed. “What’s wrong with you, Ryan Pierce? Who said that I wanted to continue being friends with benefits with you? I simply said that we can treat what happened last night as a hookup, and we’ll just pretend not to know each other in the future!”After saying that, Silvia aver
His proximity made Silvia instinctively resist his approach because of the experience last night. She did not want to make the same mistake a second time, so she pushed him away immediately. “I have to go to work tomorrow and I still have a lot of work to do. Please don’t give me a hard time anymore.”As Silvia spoke, she continued packing her suitcase. Ryan was a little forlorn as he lay on the bed in her bedroom and slowly overcame his reluctance as she packed her suitcase at the side. Indeed, she had a job now and she was such a serious person. It was also unrealistic for him to ask her to stay by his side in Detroit. If she could do anything for him at all costs in the past, then he must be ranked at the bottom of her priority list now. He was certain that he was not even as important as her job now.He was too eager. He thought that they could get together again because of what happened last night, but he forgot to take their current situations into consideration. She was
After returning home and resting, Silvia went to the company early the next day and returned to work.However, Silvia found that Christina’s seat was empty after she entered the office. After Miss Cullen arrived at the office, Silvia hurriedly asked Miss Cullen, “Miss Cullen, where’s Christina?”Miss Cullen answered her indifferently, “Oh, the director fired her yesterday because of her work attitude.”Silvia was somewhat surprised. “What? He fired her?”Miss Cullen sighed helplessly and said, “Don’t mention her anymore. She couldn’t understand the letter of credit. You taught her about it before, but she made a lot of mistakes when you were on leave. Mr. Snow fired her in a fit of rage.”Miss Cullen was also filled with dissatisfaction when she mentioned Christina. “When Mr. Snow and I noticed her lively and outgoing personality at the beginning, we felt that it would not be an issue for her to go out and talk to the clients when the time came. Unexpectedly, she does not thin
Ryan called her at least a dozen times, but he could not reach her at all.He panicked. This feeling of being unable to get a hold of her and losing contact with her completely made him feel extremely restless. He instantly thought of many bad things, worrying if something had happened to her. If something had happened to her, how would he deal with his daughter?After a while, he finally called Silvia’s father in desperation. He knew that her father would not react kindly to him, but he did not care too much. He simply wanted to know how she was doing now.Mr. Alberich rejected the call directly when he saw that it was a phone call from Ryan. Mrs. Alberich felt that it was strange for him to reject a call several times, so she asked him who was calling. Mr. Alberich did not want to answer her at first, but Mrs. Alberich took the cell phone from him and saw that it was Ryan who had been calling the whole time.Mrs. Alberich felt that there must be an emergency if Ryan was calling
“Didn’t we agree that we would not get involved anymore in the future?”They had nothing to do with each other now, so there was no need for her to report her whereabouts to him, right? She’d also made it clear to him that day that the incident between them that night was just a hookup between a man and a woman who needed to satisfy their needs.Ryan was furious. “Silvia, what do you take me for? Do you think I’m someone that you can have sex with and simply kick aside when you’re done?”Silvia was speechless. He was clearly the one who had initiated sex with her, so why did it seem as if he was suffering when she was not even feeling aggrieved? Ryan hung up the phone angrily before she could say anything else. Silvia was confused.It was then that her suitcase appeared on the baggage carousel, so she grabbed it, then went out of the airport with Miss Cullen and Mr. Snow before they took a taxi to the hotel.After Ryan hung up the call, his secretary happened to knock on t
Coincidentally, this client was also from Detroit and was known as Mr. Sage. He was in his early forties and operated a large-scale trading company that exported clothing, textiles, shoes, and leather products, such as leather bags, wallets, belts, and so forth. He came to the trade fair because he was looking to collaborate with another factory; the clothing factory he had previously been working with in the past went bankrupt. He’d happened to meet Silvia and the others at the trade fair.After a day of comparison and selection of various clothing manufacturers at the trade fair, he finally decided on Silvia because he felt that Silvia had a serious work attitude and was meticulous. Silvia’s factory also had certain production conditions so he finally made a decision to collaborate with this factory as their new manufacturer. Mr. Snow was very happy to hear this and had insisted on hosting a dinner to invite Mr. Sage and his party to dinner tonight. In fact, they were both in th
“So, you’re out socializing with a group of men now?”What Ryan did not lack was socializing experience, so he knew that on most social occasions, it would be mostly men there, and in such social occasions, a young and beautiful woman such as Silvia would most likely be coveted or be the subject of inappropriate sexual jokes by men with bad intentions. Although Ryan had always been decent during such social occasions and would never violate any female guests present with his words or actions, he did not allow himself to be violated by other women either.However, that did not mean that all men were like him. Even if the men who went out to socialize were originally decent, eight out of ten men would become indecent with alcohol as a catalyst.When Ryan heard that Silvia was socializing, his first reaction was anger, followed by all kinds of anxiety. He could not tolerate any man teasing her with words, let alone seizing the opportunity to touch her.Silvia noticed his sudden ange
Evelyn was worried about this, but Rowan did not take it seriously as he said, “This small amount of snow is nothing.”Evelyn was extremely worried. The temperature was so low now, so the road must be icy. The snow was too heavy and would block his sight. Evelyn did not want him to be in any danger, so she suggested in a low voice, “It’s better if you don’t go back.”Rowan looked at her in surprise and smiled as he asked, “Where will I stay if I don’t go back? Do you want me to stay in the car all night?”Evelyn shook her head and said, “Y-You can go home with me.”She had just taken the initiative to invite a man to spend the night at her home. It was truly embarrassing for a shy girl like Evelyn to say these words, but she was willing to do so for his safety.“My mother should be asleep now, and she wakes up later in the morning. We can just leave before she wakes up in the morning.”She explained with a red face, “Don’t misunderstand me. I just don’t want you to be in danger o
She held her cell phone and said hurriedly, “I’ll go down right now.”She ended the call and hurriedly put on her down jacket. She was wearing warm and soft polar fleece home clothes. She did not have time to change, so she simply put on a down jacket and went out. She opened the door and walked out stealthily, out of fear that she would wake Helena up, and Helena would find out that she was going down to meet Rowan in the middle of the night. Helena would surely think that this kind of behavior was inappropriate. When passing by the living room, Evelyn glanced in the direction of Helena’s bedroom. The lights had been turned off, so she was probably asleep. Helena’s physical condition was not as good as it was before the surgery. After all, she was getting older and had undergone craniotomy, which was a major surgery, so she could not keep up mentally and physically. She would go to bed very early at night and wake up late in the morning.After Evelyn left the house quietly, sh
Cassie’s expression turned ugly when she heard Helena’s words. She was shocked and humiliated as she asked in disbelief, “Is it Rowan Pierce?”Cassie knew that it was the Pierces and Matons who were maliciously targeting the Sullivans. Julian and Nora had just gotten married, and it was said that Julian loved Nora very much, so it could not be Julian.As the person in charge of the Pierces, Ryan was a married man as well, and the couple usually kept a low profile and rarely displayed their affection. However, Cassie heard that Ryan’s wife had just given birth to a son, and it was widely known that Ryan was a family man now.Rowan was the only single man, so could it be Rowan?Cassie recalled the scene when she saw Rowan shopping with them in the mall that day. At the time, she wondered why Rowan would be willing to go shopping with them, but now, it seemed that he was there for Evelyn’s sake. Cassie was so stunned when she thought of this that she felt like she would choke on a m
In the end, Natalie was pushed to a dead end and had no choice but to hold a press conference in a hurry. During the press conference, she cried and apologized for the plagiarism and the fact that she had looked for someone to draw a design for her, and announced that she would be quitting the design world.However, few people accepted her apology or showed sympathy for her even though she apologized and admitted her mistakes. The general public opinion was still scolding her in various ways, so Barry simply drove Natalie home and asked her to stay at home to avoid the limelight. One night after Natalie’s incident, Evelyn was accompanying Helena on a stroll in the neighborhood when they ran into Cassie.Natalie’s life had been completely gloomy and dark in the past few days, but Evelyn’s life was stable and practical.Rowan insisted on picked her up from work every morning. If Rowan was at the company at noon, the two would have lunch together. Considering that Helena would be at
Natalie never expected that Rowan would play these dirty tricks behind her back. She did not know that Rowan was best at these tricks. She had cried and begged Barry to plead for mercy on her behalf, but when Barry came back, he told her that there was no room for redemption. She was desperate and was filled with hatred and resentment. Over the years, she had tried every means possible to trample all over Evelyn, but in the end, she was the one who suffered the most and could not turn her life around. Natalie clenched her teeth angrily in hatred as she dug her nails into her palms and tried to calm her emotions. So what if her career in design was ruined? She never truly liked this industry anyway. She had only learned it at the beginning in order to crush Evelyn. She could still do other things even if she did not do design, right? There were so many different industries in this world, so she did not have to make a living in jewelry design. Besides, she was a Stewart, so s
She laughed loudly when she was happy, shed tears when she was sad, never hid her true self, and was a frank and sincere person. Why wouldn’t men like such a girl?Rowan laughed. He did not mean to slander Selena; he was simply analyzing Selena’s current situation from his perspective as a man. Selena might indeed be a good girl in Evelyn’s eyes. After all, Evelyn was a woman who only cared about Selena’s personality, but men paid more attention to a woman’s temperament and charm sometimes. Everyone naturally had their own preferences. For example, Rowan preferred someone simple like Evelyn, whereas some men might prefer someone with a stronger personality like Selena. Evelyn had to call Charles after she could not reach Selena. “Charles, is Selena home? I can’t seem to reach her on her cell phone.”Charles frowned when he heard Evelyn’s words. “She’s not back yet. You can’t reach her on her cell phone?”“I can’t. I tried calling her several times, but her cell phone is switch
He was wrong. He was really wrong. He treated the person he wanted to protect so coldly and harshly. It seemed that he had not been in a relationship for too long that he had forgotten how to love. Fortunately, it only took him this once to understand the crux of his problem. Therefore, he stroked her cheek gently and reassured her in a deep voice, “It won’t happen again.”Evelyn chose to smile slightly in relief in response to his apology and assurance.When two people are together, they need to understand and accommodate each other in terms of personality, temperament, and living habits. Since they had only officially been together for a day, this was even more essential for them. As he said, he was an ordinary man, and she was an ordinary woman. Their relationship was that of an ordinary couple, so it was normal for them to quarrel, have disagreements, and lose their temper. Evelyn felt that there was nothing that could not be solved as long as it did not involve principles
“Getting dinner!” Rowan announced angrily, then he placed her in the passenger seat, got into the car, and drove away. Evelyn had no other objections since they were going to eat. Anyway, she had already called Helena earlier to tell her that she would not be going back for dinner tonight as she would be having dinner with Selena. Not long after the two had gotten into the car and driven out, Selena called and asked Evelyn worriedly, “Evelyn, how did it go? Did you manage to coax him yet?”As Rowan was sitting next to her, Evelyn could not answer whether she had managed to coax him. Therefore, she hesitated without saying anything.When Selena heard this, she knew that they must not have reconciled yet, so she gave her advice on the other end of the line. “It’s fine. There’s no man that can’t be coaxed. Just one kiss will do. If he still can’t be coaxed, give him two kisses. If that doesn’t work, just kiss him all over until he’s no longer angry!”Selena’s voice was loud enough,
Selena’s tone was full of annoyance as she said, “I initially thought of giving Evelyn a surprise, but it turned out to be a shock!”Selena had good intentions as well; she just wanted to introduce the most handsome, stylish, and reliable man that she knew to Evelyn, but it turned out to be self-defeating. As for Shane, who was to be introduced to Evelyn, he simply stood there leisurely the whole time, looking at the three of them as if he was watching a good show. He watched as they got jealous, explained themselves, and felt depressed. Even though both Evelyn and Selena had explained the whole story entirely, Rowan still felt angry and annoyed.After glaring angrily at Evelyn, he simply turned around and walked away.Evelyn and Selena could only exchange glances as they were at a loss for what to do.In the end, Evelyn said to Selena helplessly, “I’ll go and see how he’s doing. You two can enjoy dinner together. I’m sorry.”Evelyn chose to pay attention to Rowan this time an